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Science Explainer: The Pacific Ring of Fire, home to 452 volcanoes

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Read the passage The Pacific Ring of Fire, home to 452 volcanoes. Then answer the questions below.

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Read the passage The Pacific Ring of Fire, home to 452 volcanoes. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

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Drag each answer choice into the correct space. Not all answer choices will be used.

Volcanoes often form where ____________________ meet or collide. This interaction often results in __________ rising through the earth's crust or plates sliding past each other causing ________________ .

Other Answer Choices:

magma

earthquakes

tectonic plates

hot spots

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Question 2

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Drag each characteristic to the corresponding type of volcano boundary.

often causes deep trenches
occurs when tectonic plates pull apart from each other
occurs when tectonic plates slide past each other breaking off pieces
occurs when tectonic plates collide with and slide underneath each other
often causes earthquakes

Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Convergent boundary

Question 3

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Which statements represent major causes for the formation of the Ring of Fire? Select two correct answers.

The Pacific Plate is cooling off at a faster rate.

There is a high concentration of hot spots along the Ring of Fire.

Tectonic plates have collided over many thousands of years.

Every volcano in the Ring of Fire is connected under the ocean in a single supervolcano.